& MoonE, rr LISHERS.
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; Float, Frusta, Neu, Rule . Wooden , Witiete sae Stare Ran i AA
Tens Dish. Ne. 7, State street, eppeelte Diesta's ROM, Ma
.I.(ttN AND M. M. !HOOKS,'
-I ATE AND FIFTH ST&
. t. 0 .t N, Editor
N. lit. CiftrittillLLe
I ILorosaercasa. sad Dealer to Doable Melillo{ Wlaim, to Ow
~, . ~ i 1.,,, or within] menthe. 111 10, tf .
.. ar,2 i Reed Rouse, oil French et.
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~, ...7 t . , t, , within the rear, the {viper wt. KINDI(i lir. JCPPTIC/1,
.4...-e .0.1 , 1 .0 h I p , 01 ,, -r *Seer in , eel• I Daea.mas to Oesearlea, Provisions, Predacity fruits, Nati, &a., atz.,
Stale 'treat. ow claw eon* of Fifth, fine. Pa.
ELI 41011 , 10, JOSEPN JIMICIL
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,-$ . :Ask., I slave. AD
{me.ssar.. 3 mouths $3 00 ; CIIINBOY & srArrosa,
tree 6 6 00 womas,vg te6T6.1., A•crirs toy &stern Oysters. Opiates
Uur" 9 " 676 received daily la Yep sad Casa. No.l Per! Mock Iris,
sable at pireeerr, $3 J. 1. COWROT, 0 O. RA MO..
! 7
to , utut. se. 5 menthe, la, io moat a. $ll $0; 1
JAMES CROOM dk C..
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y . r. $4O months, p o. 3 I BVILIMISIII and Moanlhotorem Sash i poors sett Made. Theab IL
In the shop formerly oeruplord by Hugh Joon.
4 ID the Tl.lstora•lnetory at $3 per =SUED.
or • ... in% or•• ut, sad ud•Ser cs'bt,
,it. la •ics.. )eg ots s lino.
•wp,a• to! oth.r notices, half the above
otlarrr rent...lug fre..lnrut ehanren in they
n • t.• •
,kmrri, ;Ayer. find ram!, Inr $l6.
the ch.vvoli •,.•! tr in proportion, nod the
a' stnetly eonlmed to tb• lowitlaisto bsMneeo
moot t .r inhnsitret advortleseemeee requesid
' •
.ea-:y 11.1rwrt.unng grill be presented bair
n • mods oo a ll erre•pe teem
-•• ' , hen ps.d ...Arson*
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tit tl LONKE.II,
• • r. .1 Ilara and Cutlery
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Biz %1111 D tV EN PORT,
A • A. ....ppos,u, the OM/ Court 111/1•11111,
. 1t tstse dr DIOHINSON,
partnerinti., would respectfully offer their
ICI It. Lad CIIIA•,1%u1 Erie and vicinity Lapse
1 11 NN2 & BROTHER.,
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c 4, D.al•ra in Coal, Itah,
. east of staut
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ERIE , WEEKLY .: OBSERVER.
J. C. SCSI .
Pswrosaapwe Artist and dealer la
and Platovphie Materials of plieuin."7". aamaandn'a
°nautili 8... HoLig, Fr* 47 1 ' l "°° - "`" "31";
CLAIM It ■ALDWIY r
Resataarr r• Bmpream t Smogs,/
Nrmotas.u.s mad R•tall D•al•n In Drugs, Nodidams. Paine", OW,
Vriojnor Glum, D.• Stalk Blllidda Perhall , "7. Fin• SalaPs and
Domdsed Maar', No. 6 Reed Roam, Srf•, Pa. 3a
PARKER GRAY ab DAVM
REAL C
A N O N ATE
AND GE BROILNER E AL AG
ENTR 1111011.-
Cosaalll Wel* sad Rasa: City. lows.
ZARILER & DOYLE., I PARKER & GRAY
Baaltent, &Win in &ukase*. LAMAArt asd Roa rarate
AND LAND AGENTS, ; ft KERS.
1 L Tees,
Select and eater Vacant Leads la Western pad North cleated to.
wet, Serer, Cleans, and Pre-earpttotee fa Nebraska Trey
for residents wan aca-ertuieata, Pay Tales, AO.
B. T. ILATIS, ♦tdorerlr di Lisa mad /14dary Alder, BI
REFER TO Ron Joha Galbreath, arid y B. Corry Eeq. Ere. ,
4 411L•rdnd H. L. Richmond, Roes. Meade - We; ken. X C
Ad Samuel Beetiartaa, Widortord, Pa.; Dr. 3. C
.rating and Connelly, Rock Taus& Ili 1747
rout, S•
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J. J. LINTS, ENSURANOE AGENT.
R EPRESENTING the following reliable Companies, via •
STN/ Yll2 nvstriumar COMP/NT,
1 1110 iinettord, Cosa - - Cepitel $509,000
corro.vwx.trit FIRE .A.ND LYSCRANCE CO,
Went/ben, Pram., - • • Capita MOW
pia:its mil 4A 1 ,4 1132 ACYD 1111.41.1.1V1 I.NSURANCP CO.,
Pittsburg, Pa., • - - - - Capital 9300,000.
LTNA LIFT INSURANCJC COMPANY,
Hartford. Conn , - - - - - • Capital 11110,000
Ratko In each as low LB loeirity to the Wired will permit. Of
tler to Post Ogee ButlCut".
ApnJ IS, 1W •9
e ! INPOILT
b Dlc.tmoos.
The Insurance for Town and Country'
rrnE Erie County Mutual Ineurance Company continues to
mike faineance on rem 7 dascription of property to Town and
t 4. ,at aa le. nitre as are consistent with security Maks are.
‘ 4,4 rate two claims, sir • the Farmer's In whirb nothing but
farm oropertv and dwellings, 60 trot or ores from exposures, are
Insure-1. sad the Commercial, in whkh 0.11 kind of property are
Insured. Tor funds to sober dopartment are not liable for loam. 11
the other.
tal.' Caah Inearanee wade in either Departateat at the Gaul
e4,-It rates.
Janie' C Marshall,
P P.. Burton,
S P. Kapler.
George A. ll►lot,
JAJIII C. IliataNALL, hest.
TfII4IJA, !MY.
01St,, over J. 9 Sterrett's, Che*pride.
Cm., Jute 21, 1466
IMRE!
INSURANCE COMPANY,
(of Phi/mit/S:4a, )
K 1.. now dooogbuslnemoon the Minton.; oolan.glying oboe in
0000 rt.,' partielloalioa I nobs prOfillieflKeeonspany.ellbooa
l;11 Tvyoodthe oirenoloom petal.
K islosoupou ale Lakons•ndllons•osa.uredon tam ono.tfarora
Leases will Owl herallyand promptly ad)u sted.
Fuer.... on merehandlze. boolltlongo , and ether properly.l
ow.; ureountry. for • limited term permanent.)
DlMErroOMet
.lonettl3 H. deal. James C. Hand,
flteunntlust'aulding, John C. Darla,
Rut.., Burton. John Garrett,
Hl4ll Mantel Edwards
•Itt,r . La ...enc. flay] B Stacey
bar'' , Kelley, l.aac R flair is,
ollialla. Falwell
I Iwma•,
mbar Mewbould.dee.y. . Wm Watu■ Pros'
‘vpitratiun can b. made to
e.r,e, reh iu, 1e164
PARKEit'b AND NEC All/IC'S
rre. Marina. aad Life insurance Cloiapaav
a.si.,. ‘ .Y N Caesar. 38[0.4 mad JO slab
Pealawla4/Jaa
CAPITAL $30,000.
rut- ..grec.• v. re Inokit•uCt CO, 13,1ohlityis ticto.l-
Fur ...t..re .lie , NAfirie Itver4filnee Ull Ve•-ele. rare* an•
Freqg'.l, no all pens in the worl.l. 111 :111 , 1 In.,ra (le r•
...A.A., by Rovers. Lake.. racial.. Rail •ad Laud Carr nag
to ,111. a. ,41 the I'n tun Al.. I tu.t.raace upon LI L.tva..ll , on
the ~, O•Lurrorable 1 rill..
AUCCTORS
1 , 1• I' M et.oaa Plc/ Macias
G II .11.11..1 toms Tito* .11.1115. LD
V. rO4. Robe.. It II ama sans
IikIAISOLD F Cannot Ha. W•Tall
J•. 1. N aaLa Isaac Laa... 61, J a
aoleas
LP% 4,111. R Haaataht b, Ker,et..,ry
1.1.LN A. CR AI d, Ageost.
31 N I. II .ane• lituct
Pranislo24 and Hanging Bella.
11111 E substrate, wou,a Mil, method Ul ha
C Illicit. 01 Lem and Erie COill.ty that he gue.• apeela I at
ue.,ueu to Furnishing and Hanging heti. kor pf grate 11060t1
llt is yturttled with all tgewesaat) , l.witglies fur dulng higll,ol6
in • sat image tor) ivanner.and hopes iliac he will be inworord wt
4 I ilmerai 'bare of the public patronage He way ag all bwufs tw
,ouligi at At. Brag. Foundry. on SLAM .Wei. between Eighth lad
$ i$ t h. west side.
t.r.e Juiw t. PIM. J sagriit.
ONE PRICE--CASH SYSTEM - 1 -
TiktilALS, BAYES a Cu.,
VU. I, B/111.110111 Howl. We are, (-ma and after this date
.teteranned to adopt ths Ins* Frio* Cash System The on ,
true aretehl of bailanzia small l'rodta, quit* sale. and Yn Tatein a
be our own° Is turning over tan net leaf In nur twain %.•
Ite believe Cr Can OSPn rartous rood and sulatantsal resomna srn •
ever, person should buy their goods at ,ntr busy mewl of trade
let We make it a pnipt niers,* to keep every tbiair feertaint t.,
the Dry Goode bioinesa, and are oonatantl, on the look eat for a. •
sl.kri, de &Mr tialagv 10 the trade.
Yd We bare the beeneflt of loser etpenenee in the trade, whiCl3
•n•Lbk• as to know rhea gr. - wis are to tr e.nght ebesp, and the
*ledge to discriminate between Tood barrataa sad er bat are not_
toe ...roe *sperm/ace 4164111115 OS that wore rota ran be mar.
• uniform rats n prioes than b tha vary common manner r•I
J 4. Y ou will dad oar
in alls marked in plain figures an that
" that runs may There wiu he on ranattuo fn, the
marked price, as every tint* • ill ba anarkad aa low as we eta ton,
.e , l it, or as as say periou c.,33 ril who gets big goat.
4,41w0Ur
4th if ad any time for any reason, we wish to change the price of
rood , . we will mart them down By this arrangeweest the child
esa trade as cell u the parent or porno. of tnaturer years, as far
al regents price.
4th If at any Woe goods bought of us an not siatiefutory, or
art,e to be ant what the, were represented, they can be returned
rod the moue or fords wtii be given to.eehange.
oth To .oaiil• u• to rotary. our to•inees (which we 1.14 to 4o
i oder this sisbemi ee ofll soil for cub, chamfer latnist no oil
open accoriale after toirtr d 0,.. Bt this arraegemeet parties har
ing goods charged are piaomi upon [tie MOO footing with thou
who pit cash We will open accounts with now bet thus who on.
Rock Id .ttgan "
Lrle, Nip( 13, 1166
SOCMEERN LINE OP STAGES.
For Cimmeuntr tat, Wed Grecseilid, &Won and
N. as•tle.
DAILY LID* of oplakc.lloUr-b0541141 Coaches Its' Men put on
4 1„ frost irtrard to Lie above and 'awn:intuit. Owns. Pu...0-ers
ers +lll land this the tout direct mute tor stoat of the Cunene t,
( fa. ford, Lerner, Butler and L.M.11.1110. eninutlee. braes s ill
A .-I,,,bt'a Hotel In Girard daily, e‘rapttrt , landau, at 214 P N ,nn
nrri , al nt the Expense realm fres the Fare to New Uratie only
,n), to A eilt
ii--Pareeeirees mast be awe to inquire at Ca-or •TnA for
Grattia t. Wrtfht s Betel.
WAJGHT, BArrt.pz k MAR!',
15m4 Proprietor* filmed Mao C.
Eureka! What have yen Found!
aasorttort t of (howl.
Goaollooe*, lirrolormh Sleek,
la the st..re cui.sed by J. II aloolex, embracing
CLOrIIS t Aeit tittg-' VEATiNteti. a,.
o f the moat laalil , t , if. and Patterns, and ilarnien
Kesel , Made of tin., to salt the talite of it,
moat iutidions wad the puree of the Insie en D hon...l,
you doubt it, call, iievi arid be astonished at Li.. r
tht t;,...tri. and Low Potci • The Public will al. al • awl
in+ reads' and wilie r to isecoinniodaie every one by showing ,•
stoers to all who pre hiss a call. Don't forget !so. 9, Brown's Block
:at. Atte, t.
NMI
•
runtrien Wnrk cot and ins& in the best manner anditinst ap
ereven •ti !Pe Let an •nlielits.se4 nnhtle rinimmilt their oak, tete
e•t h. an exassiniattne. and he eoneinned, sad thee purehism
ErA , 14.5 d. 42, J. 111 'V t, t ALUJNr.
ORNABLEN rAt HAIR.
ILL the attenrron of the ladles aa4 fientlee..e of Olio Ht.,
and roa tau ; and th• - ma of maakinti, - to ray large mock or
HAIR WORK, of the latest imprnecoaeot, all colors sod AI. n,
natural as lift, Ladles Wits, Braids, Rands, Rolls, Carta, To t .
w•ra (for puffin the tattr,l Yrtrweli [lt Rollers, (far ratite( laahr•
h.ur,) tientletneo • Wes, Toupees, Moustaches, sod
'. 11 , 1 , kr•A also, the lost tastaatattanua Hair Dr.,(no excetrtitan,)
• blab ears he round at my Hole Demagog laltiewr, vim*you oar
cet your Hair Cut with taste C I[O4M.
CoOor Morphy's Tto Shop. mot to Browo's Hotel.
C
BAt,t. 20, AM.—SW
Y. H. -rater Braidiag will be den* by my eingbter, Garb •
Ri o " chaise, Beata, Boils, ite- (*dem esa be left at my lit&
Poostag yahrwa, er at my house ea Veen)/ Ittmet, Jerusalem
Partiteler stateliest paid to spears from the eenatrr: Cash paid
ter item Hair. C. A'
V i , ....rat
0, . , : . 'MIMI toss.
NO. RIIRD 110(7811.‘
[IAN jai< Helot. bulge ameetissest Haim aad !101l Good.,
L - 1 : hoe, If all; %net qpiiies, Viol% /UM* Flunk's
Gril a W ek labitgo Iron, Carriaci Beinkfinitaad and Banda,
M edea, We
agr i
M tff.4N7r'S TOOLS.
fail Aldthir
000.4, Plasm Dadomm, Plow, it Pbrana, finkkets.
and Rnunda, Banda, bra...lk &eel kalkany, agioloaa Bread A sr.,
VW.* and fluid Alfa, Saw and Plano Handles. alp. Hand. Pan^i
and Bark ca... *kw S.* liallea and MIA.. Roam Clineds.
Ruin. Re ke WARSLY k NoCUSKEY,
En.. Stns. EL Md.
" I
I.A .n
w
ARVEY k elernSK FT igneepsionre to Bahia Reed) bare aar
,v 2 .,,i.te enia 11.41 Coal Sleevele t shovel and toeg Masada
c..en Pealeere wallah amid he raid et Xa.ll/111eard Besse.
Ella, Nog,. 2S, MSS.
D * wfrev grrr, otrem..nti to Robes Portf) roll
I) Mantas,. a little ebetper than any establiatneent in Pin CO,
at V. 8 Reed Hesse. Erie, N. 21. its
UTILL sew be 'wowing riga leak dale Nee Talk Bol to n
If isaml the Fitters bad* sisma_twat
MlLLuitay, MAW 4LA rAwel amok
of the latest no bed *Am sa *OM that ddy
ddiddidida 041."4801 lakt nAlla
I. L. LIM
DIRECTORS
C K. Tibbs*
Join Lamerly,
nos Mnorbee4.
E. Rabbit%
Alfred King.
OFFICERS
J oicas Onrxisoil, See
CII=EI
Edmond A. ouder
11. Jones Brooke,
John B Penrose.
George 3erreli.
F.. 1 ward i/arilagiUm
J G. Johnson,
John J. Newlin
John Toilet .1 r
Uay.
lir a. M. Hurtou
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1 , 4 EI,LoGG. grit' Affel
SPEECH OF SENATOR BIGLER,
DILLIVLILID tx lag
United States Sinn* Monday. Dec 8, 1868.
The Seuete resumed the coaeid• retina of the
fallowing order, submitted by Mr Fitzpatrick ou
, he 2.1 'patent :
Ordered, That the message and accompanying
locutnents be printed, and that liftmen thousand
additional clpies be printed fir the use of the
Senate
Ms. Btourat.—Mr President, I had not an.
ticipated the renewal of the slavery discussion at
this early day of the session ; indeed, sir, I had
hoped that this thread worn topic would bs per.
'pitted to sleep at least for a shirt season a f ter
tbt Presidential struggle. Like the Senator
from Louisiana, I fit quite happy in this belief;
b u t it i.ntbo•ririg , .. The President in his closing
messago deemed it proper to put his views on
the subject of slavery agitation on record, and
the Senators on the other side have availed
tbernselee4 of the ()cession to open up the entire
field of c introyersy I for one have desired to
Avoid it, and should not have said one word had
it not been for the frequent and pointed refer
once made to the character of the late Preeidens
tial csti‘ass iu my own State by the Senators
from (Mu) and Massachusetts Honorable Ben.
ator- on the other whilst deprecating the
course of the President, in &scumming the sub,
jeer, r..addy concluded to follow his example.—
Lamenting the use of sentiments on his p ar t
which they deem ungenerous, if net unjust toe
wards their party, their principles and the ten.
deneitts of their measure., they indulge to a still
grestet extent in the practice themselves. Cons
lemnthg what they are pleased to regard as a
want v r official courtesy to this department of
the Government and t. a large class of the peo
ple, they promptly violate all these rules in the
severity of their own criticisms Eveu the Sen
ator from Msine, so distinguished for the proprt
sty of his language, has spoken of the President
as an unworthy sin of a free State ; and the
Senator f rom Ohio has been still more severe
But those exhibitions only furnish another e'er
•lenc e of th e fallibility of our nature, and show
now difficult it is for even the best of us t.. 1 rte
train from the c ommission of the wrongs w e
think we see in others Such things, however,
a re n,,t unco mmon Very many teachers in
morals, polities, and even religion. utterly fail
in the practie„ o f t h e wiso arid holy precepts
which they ley down f ir the observance of others
Bat, sir, Itl not intend to circumscribe my
self in what little I }lave to say by complaints
against the e..u, se of others I think the Presi
dent was right in expres , int± hi. views as he has
done , and, of course, Senators have a right to
criticise the act _ .
az I t.
WM. F RI adarsmsallit,
Joe. M. Sterna,
Jacob Ransom,
SFR B. Rays.
But I cannot agree that this act of the Presi•
dent ie unprecedented. If I am not mistaken
President Jack.on dis , u.sed the question 9 f a
national bank io Ftieb manner as tat correct the
mi.representatieti. of his po!itical opponent.
President Polk 'in-eta-sea the que.tion of war with
Mexico in the .atn, spirit It the right and
luty of the Presi lent to inform Congre.. of the
*t a te of the Union ; and entertaining the view•
he doe- a+ t, the I:tog-rola., tendencies of tb ,
doctrine.. of pert ain p parti-s in the crinn•
try, the ~biligation of the present Executive t ,
commun ., . it , hi+ ai ,prithen-ion. lacrtame imp• r a
, ive Q•-nit may .pout TA ir.l the red.
' m i n ,: of , h it off ) , r but they .1, , u! , l r• member
th a t Prits" , l-nt Wa-h , rizt-n, even in his • mot
lay, fe!t d to warn th•• A tf ,•ll4 01,
lanarrnoß tonalencie• f g prrto , in
gar row ry aed eff to ra-rti% -
the e-au...r; anther; and that Thr , inta.
.T. ff I.:•rtft at, •
the stir 'lna! a F firebell in the •I,t
..r, , br
he Pr• 1-tit •ery.• bra 'h•• fore,. of 1114
overwhp'.ininz aragga 'it In ',tarp rt ~f what he
rogarl. 0. the , ru- nolle I,f th, , n .tion I agree
air, that eriticism of the aetion of a barge
of re'l,w ei.lt• n- by the Pre.ni-nt, and
ronvi , t, of the , endener at .gtch action,
hnw.'ver mroogdy tralifted in pr-de.-.ations of the
RlP . ivPs at The actor- mo-t 1-!irate
and o • i lv f artne , l nn great froCCI100.:
tt r tbo Prog)11-nt ha, c-o,fin , d hi• •rriotores to
lea ler•—ni , n •• ,- kine pow'r
t, N to.:Ir• arnohl hvz•r , l tho polo,. the'
! I think that the ponple will agree
that the rebuke
But. sir, it is not mePtir PO4O vi &feu , ' thy
Presi , hnt Thi• hao alrroily bern done with
ni orp ability thin I can common , ' This much
I w ill : ai r. h lweirer—now that he .: near the end
,1 his kern ~ f r.fftee, and when my motive: ran
tint be oritrunderstooi--that I believe that ti.ue
and experieoeft will prove the wi,einm of most of
his measure., and that the day is not far in the
future when the purity an I pitrinti:rn of his mi
rives wi'lhaeknowledged by all
But, ai r, enators have been endeavoring to
determine at question• have been settled by
the result of the late aleetirin, some taking er
ception rn the definition as given by the Presi•
dent ; and on this point I have a word to may
I am quite sae, air, that one great fact aet
OA by the result is, that James Buchanan is to
he President for four years from the 4th of
Mareh nett. and that .I . din C Brrekinridgr; will
he Vivo Pr. :ident for the acme period Anoth
er .till more potent feet ia. that the prineiple:
,f the D,mocratie party, as defined at Cinein
oati,a , d expounded by Mr Buchanan—the m..st
nrem;nent feature twine that the r Api. , of the
grate: who go into the Territorio:, 4. 4 11 en j o y
the richt to determine the charm-ter of th,.ir own
lneal in...iruti ,n 4 in their own way, includ,ng
that ofd me-tie a'ayery —arc to he in in the ne•
een.l• ne t t till the year 1 , 4;1 Anoth, r f ile r, a .
4 1 .6 Wed i., that the modern an
ted 1: p•Ibl;, an p rtv. ._ain't which the Detttee•
riet r t,t• n ha. V. , en found in a minority in
tw. ntv three ea t ~f the thirtpone Sow,. and
i ta • r ejpeolol in the t'ui in by a popular ma
jori , v of nor lea• than one nrilion three hundred
sod .o%entv five thottabnil, bring n ni.nority
o ere in all the co• ram for ritL, r te;
and in a tnitiontv in the north. rn ,tiea
of n—r two hun4rel thousand Another is that
the midi rn American or Kn p i r. v .
wish ita int ilor int fai•h, and sii•tii—t
w hi c h t hr rt•itnnera•y alao ennrendel, 1,1,4 been
reriudoiteil in thirty ont i.f the thirtv•one St a re.,
and by a popular mai iri'y of over tw, m u m' .
But st.e roault,serma to he misunderttowl even
by S. near+ Trie S-nator trout New ilimnahire
has ea i I ntly pot liked the returns of the Orr
tion woll enouxli to 1 kat them, or he wnol , l
on. el• int a large mijority for the Repithbriina
in eleven Stat‘t, when the figure* show that they
were in a minority in 111 hut eight He certain
ly ought to hare known that there was a popul a r
m , jorily against Mr Fremont In New York of
over forty fire thousand, and in Obi.) of eleven
thon , ard. and in l'ennsylvanta l of three hundred
theuivind. He Anil other Soiatora s e e m to h e
under Ci• impression that their pry came very
near• , •rrt.tnd a;1 the free States The Senator
from slid the other day, that they. wnnl,l
bay , . done s , had the i.ques been fiirly put on
the Democratic abir The Setiator from Maine
Paid th• c you'd have atierreiliol hail the vote
been a fair on • Why, air, the ifldieitP
differen , lr f Ont of 40.000 vote. in Pennsyi
vista th-tr elt:fliflate received hat 147.447 vote.
leaving him in a minority of more than 800.000 t
Us *Damian in a minority of 48,695 in New
Jersey, 441,089 is Wiens, 46,016 is Illinois
THV PR6SIDINrB MISSAGI.
$1 50 ANYEAR, EN ADVANCE.
ERIE, SATURDAY MORNS% DECEMBER 27 1856.
sod from the returns . we have from C alifornia,
has not received more than one fourth of the
ppular vote in that Slate, claimed to be his own.
What ever consolation and ettemusgement they
eau draw from snob figures I leave them to en
joy. They certainly cannot a i s l e s f e llo ws hip
with the Fillmore vote, for Mr. Fillmore was
himself among the first to &nausea them as a
sectional "arty, attempting to maintain doctrines
and praeticea that would most certainly dissolve
the Union.
But they deny that their party is setioaal,
and make the charge of sectionalism spigot the
Democracy. Well, Mr President, I shall mot
consume much time on this issue , but, sir, if the
Republican be sot a sectional party, I would be
glad to learn how a party can be sectional. I
cannot conceive what characteristics or practice"
)( a sectional party the Rept6lican party lacks
Both of their candidates were from oon section
of the Union, they were nominated by delegates
from the same section, sod they received all their
votes in that section. In fifteen of the States,
differing from the other , only as to one local in
stitution, their party made no serious attempt to
get rotes, but they endeavored to gain power by
exciting pretijedice and pardon- in the popular
mind in their own section against a local institu.
Lion of the other How else could you eonstitute
a sectional party 1 It is sectional, distinctly and
dangerously sectional, and it is useless for Sena'
atom to deny it It is just the kind of organi•
station which the greatest and best man who ever
lived in our country anticipated with "'arm.
But it is far otherwise with the Democracy.
One of oar candidates was from the North, and
the other from the South They were nominated
by delegates from all the States, and were voted
for in all the States. Their party declared prin
ciples and policy acceptable to the whole family
of States. Those principles could be expounded
alike in all, and orators from the North and the
South met daily on the same stand to do so. A
eel/swat theme 11114 the equality of the States,
the coostitutional rights of all, and the necessity
for fraternity of feeling amongst the people of
all. How idle and fallacious the charge of see
tionalism against snob a party
But s , Mr. President, the Senator front Ohio, in
th , course of the debate the other day, in sup
port of the charge, that the democracy in the
Mirth bad not stood up fairly and folly to the is
sue. between the parties, remarked:
"In the State of Pennsylvasia, is all the Dem
oeratie mass meeting, for President that I know
anything about, there waa inscribed in great let
ters upon their bangers, 'Buchanan,Breckiuridr
and tree Kansas ;* and their Grater proceeded
to show that Mr. Buobanan wee sitar upon the
subject of freedom in Kansas than any other
esodidate "
Iu the same connection, the Senator from
Nlvi4aellowtts stated that, to bin personal know-.
edge
"Public inweti•gs were called of persons in fa.
.or of 'Buchanan, Breckinridge, and free Kansas.'
I hay.. read these calls I have in my possession
o n , of them, which was issued in the State of
Pennsylvania. There are others io the posses_
si,ti of members of this Rouse and the other
Throughout the whole canvass in these very
Stares the issue was blinked "
Me , tulip were called in favor of "Buchanan,
Breekinridge, and free Kansas !' and bunters
were borne in the capstan bearing the ioscrip•
tt at. -But•haltn, fireckinridze, and free Kau
33.:'• Weil, Mr. Presideot, this is no very grave
eh:lr / , sifter all I -ee no cause of alarm in it.
I mu-t c Int h • to Anton surprise, at the
ivrn,ping• Ititt , ,nent ..f the Senator from Ohio,
that in 111 th ll•mocratic meetings in Penn•yl
rant I, of which h. had any knowledge, he di-env
erect the tr., .r banner of which he had spoken
Stich hirin-r. b•oo numerous—certain.
Is there w. 1.• for the Senator Mir them ;
h a t I carin I...nterto.or to 113Ve seen any, thottolt
I r o r t iln l y nene-sssl Haute AO much of the ea/-
v 3.., in Penosylvanit as he did. His opportuni•
ti's 3' I) oul.,rette a:Petting, it 61"1114 to me, must
hate bee.; linked I can hardly imagine how
he got to such a meeting, or bow lie found the
opportunity to -erntinise Dem torstie mottoes.—
I aru quite errtain he was not iovited to nor
meetings. anal E k n o w the Senator MO well to be
lieve that hc w , z n where he is not welcome
He said he endeavored to enlighteo the Dewy.
racy on certain points That was kind on his
part ; but, doureloss, Mr Pll3`llllrierlt, no the re
ceipt of the election returns the Honorable Sen.
ator concluded that he had failed in the tack.
.\g-tin, mid in the smile connection, ►e re
k I
“Thnu•auds, yea, hundred, of thousand* of
v e l were given for the successful candidates
o n ti.. hypothe,l. that what was inscribed no
th.•tr banner.,and what fell from the lips of their
orators, wa. true ”
Why, Certainly, Mr Preeielent ? Who ever
d uhte4 it Who batt impeached the truth of
the Democratic -pecebes and Democratic mot..
toes! There is on hot othesisabout them They
give expression to great and immutable truths ,
and it was, as the Senator says, through the
n E encv of suet moans that we achieved Fumes'
But, Mr President, it is evident the Senator, ie
making his developments about the banners, ex
p-eted to damage the Democracy of Pennsylva
nia in the estimation of their brethren in the !
South , hut. in this he will fail. The announce
ment of his own present.* at a Democratie meet.
ing, however, is a eirt•uesstance far more alarm
ing and ominous.' There is no telling what fatal
i c e,,,, ce e i t ma y exereise II think our Southern
friends will agroe that it was a more dangerous
presence than the banners
But, Mr President, suppose all the meetings
in Pennsylvania had b..en ettllrl notated by the
Senator from Massachusetts, and the banners
been as describe•' by the Senator from Ohio,
what of it ? Whit referenee would be deducible
fr nr such a fart' It wouhroertainly furnish no
evidence that the issnes between the DeMooratie
and Republican purges had not been - fairly met
on our part \ Indeed. it is very singular that a
e i recin st ance of this kind should have ever at.
tractel the attention of Senators. It indicates
gr, , at want of U 3 tterial for the discussion on their
.i4e I know r , f but one meeting thst was called
in the manner stated by the Senator from Mal.
slehusetts That was in Potter county. The
anth.vs of that (sail doubtless intended to indi
cate their wish that Kansas should beseotne a
free State; but this fret does not warrant the
c•ioclusion th it the; boleve.l Congress possessed
the pe•wer contrd the question, or admitting
the existence of the power, that it would be wise
t o exercise it. I was not present at the meeting
assembled by that call, but T am entirely confl•
dent, front the weal known sentiments of the
speakers who were present, that they advocated
nothing more nor less than the right of the pee.
the• bona die citisens of the Territory, to
s-t'I•• the question as they pleases, anstdenying
the right and wisdom of Congressional inter.
ference
Mr Wade Will the Senator permit me to
n•k him • qu-rim'
Mrjiigler C, , rtaiuly
MrlVgdp. The Senator aeemi perfeetlrya
mili ir with the opinions of Mr Buehaueon thvie
tuljeet Nw. f want to know whoth t h o s e
Kenner. were inecrihed lie they were in senor
.,lanee with the declared will of Mr. Buchanan.
f. hu favr.rible to making Kansas a free
Stet..
Mr Bigler. to the first propositine,
whether dose banners were preperai in moor
&Me with the wish of Mr. Br *Wm, 1i *awe
&pewee. The Senator hae taken notice, eertaio•
Iy, that I owed &timely I sew no mob ban
nen.
Mr. Wade. I nadetstand the Senator to 'doh
that there was one snob banner at some large
Besmeared. meeting. If there is one admitted
probably there were more.
Kr. Bigler. It, is immaterial how many there
were. Ido not intend to fall beck on that point.
As for the views of Mr. Boohanan, they are
doubtless just those of the Democratic part.",
as declared in their platform. We intend the'
the people who go to the Territories shall deciJe
the question of slavery for themselves; and I
have so doubt that, with the most of the North
ern people, he would prefer to see Kansas a free
'State, but denies the right of Congress to icier:
fe re.
Mr. Wade. Does Mr. Buchanan believe that
the people of a territory, while in a Territorial
State, have the pow er to exclude slavery?
Mr. Bigler. the Senator from Ohio wish
to present the constitutional difficulty that has
been raised here frequently, in regard to the
power of the Legislature of a Territory.
Mr Wade. I want to know what Mr Bu•
chapati's opinions are in regard to the conatitu•
tional difficulty which has been so often spok•
en of
Mr Bigler. I cannot answer the Senator as
to Mr. Buchanan's views of the constitutional
question. I can give my own, if the Senator is
willing to hear them.
Mr. Wade! Well, let us have your opinions,
if you please.
Mr Bigler. It is no new proposition that the
Senator from Ohio has presented. It has been
hers before, and discussed before; and I have
endeavored, at least upon one occasion, to make
myself understood. There can be _no difference
of opinion as to what the Kansas :Nebraska bill
means. Its terms are explicit. It confers upon
the people of the the Territory all the law_mak•
ing power which Congress possesses under the
Constitution. If the authority delegated be
sufficient, the people have a law making power
equal tl say question • This is a point, however,
es to the meaning of the Constitution of the
United States My 000struction of that instru
meat eertrioly is of very little importance, hut
still lam willing to express it. lam of opinion
that the people through their local legislature
have that power I arrive a! this conclusion be.
cease I can see pa• two sources of law making
power for a Territory—the one, Congress, sod
the other, the people I hold that, when Con
gress has conferred upon the people of a Tern
tory all the law-making power which it possesi...,
es under the Constitution, the power is C ,, 02
plots in the people, equal to the qiestion of do
ascetic slavery, or any other subject; but this
a l ega l questi o n, and I for one should be gratis
ed to see it decided.
Mr. Wade. The reason why I asked the quo s
tinn,.and wished the Senator ' s opinion upon the
(abject, was, that, towards the close of the leaf
session, the Senator from lllinnia. (Mr Trum ,
bull,) in an amendment to a pending Lill, pro
posed to declare what was the true intent and
meaning of those peculiar word-, in the Mehra,
ka bill; namely, that it was intended that the pen
pie, in their Territorial Legislature, should have
the power to prohibit slavery in the Territories
Upon that propo- , i_tipti, if I am not tuitdaken,
S ru p t io r vnteirTilth eat ire
Mi. Big]. rj M Pr arty m ottier , 1
this body un*rstan , at anhjeet %err well
The Senator from Illinois upon the other
did offer that provsitien, to. au amen lent to &rat
is known as the r.oait. bill 11. , ff•nel thr,
which was not g-rtn.ine, and T shoo] no
h.ve voted for it, h , wever I had I in it
truth It was , tut of place wh• o effor d
a bill where the que.tinn, did not prop rlv
arise Bat. net only that, air, a vnte in the
S .nate of the United State., to decide a ju
dieial question, was agreed on all hands t h
unnecessary, if not improper I declare Imy
views upon that nce,ision, and I voted against
the amendment Why, Mr President, who in
the North has everapreteuded to advocate the
establishment of slavery in Kansas? Nn man :
on one, of all the nraters whom I met in the
canvass, whether fr ia the S .uth or North, did
any such thing Their uniform doctrine was
that the people, through n pi' jor law making
power, should carry nut their own vi,w.
But it is nhvious that the nhjeet of this debate,
on the part of Senators on the other side, is to
make the iroprrasion in the eountry that we have
not achieved victory on a fair and full , fiscu-sh.n
of the main point at imme, and thus revive the
sinking hopes of their followers
Mr Wade. Will the gentlemen allow me to
ask him one question? Ile is not so explicit as
I could wish
Mr Bigler. The Senator can p °ref..?
Mr Wade The gentleman he. just -wed
that he is for leaving the que.tion of freedom in
the Territories to be decided by the peoploior
the Territories as they please. Io the next
breath, be tells us there is a constitutional
question to be decided by the court• I do
not understand how be reconciles these two
ideas.
Mr. Bigler. I did not raise a constitutinn.
al quPation. TberP is one, and lee it be de•
cided. I am claiming that the people have that
power.
Nr Wade. Then, why talk of devnlvin , . it nn
the courts? Why is it improper for us to declarn
that we mean to exercise the power, if we have
it?
Mr. Bigler You can raise the questir , D, and
hive it decided As the senator from Ohio
claims the entire power to he in Congress. be
mast be perfectly sat Med that the entire power
has been delegated to the people
sir. I cannot speak of the canraas in Indiana
or Illinois, for I was not in those State , -, hut or
New Jersey and Pennsylvania I can ' , peak; an I
in these State I know that the issues were met
boldly and broadly In the whole range of my
observation and reading, I cannot call to mind
an instance where a public speaker or
Democratic newspaper demurred to the Demo.
obatic doctrine on the slavery csuostion as entin
ciated at Cincinnati: indeed, it was the beatify
and force of this broad doctrine that enabled the
Democracy to withstand the varied and potent
elements of prejudice and 'Avelino employed .-n
the other side
But. Mr. President; the honorable Senators
from Ohio and Massashasotts are evidently an
happy, because of the term "free Kansas" in
onnoection with a Demnerstio.meeting I hope
it has not taken these Senators till now to dip.
cover that the Democrsey are the advocates of t
real freedom for Kansas--that kind of freedom j
which our fathers achieved in the lonflict with !
the forces of George 111. We are for leaving
the people of KMIIIIIII free to make their own in.
stitutions, and are, therefore, for free Kansas.—
The Republican party, on the other hand, talk
most ,bout freedom in Kansas, bat distinctly
propose that, as to theirlite population. the cx. t
anise of their lodgment shall not be entirely
free. Wo say Kansas will be free when her peo
ple do u they please as to their domestic institu
tions. The Republicans pry not so; Kansas will
be free when her people obey their dictation as
to a portion of those institution , . They propose
to enslave the will of the people by dictating what
they shall do. We leave them to the dictates of
their own judgment. They say we are for nem,
slavery in the Territories; this we deny. We
say, they propose to enslave the will of the white
people to some extent, and Ant they ssnnot dia.
pate. Herein is the diftersses. h this Onsets
lion, and in Ibis way, we Wiled about ."fre.
Kansas" in seassaas fee President; bat I
never beard a ' speaker seuest, 'that
Kansas shoald not come into the Uttioo, whatever
her deeisioa might be; nor did 1 ever hear a
speaker on the other side who expressed a wil.
lingoes, to see her admitted toles' she deeided
in seeordanoe witblis• views on the subject.—
The Senator from Maine, the other day, deolised
to say what be•would do in such a cootiogenoy.
The Senator from Ohio, however, with less re.
serve, declared as f.,llows:
"Union or no Union, COME! what may, I be•
Here it to be the settled purpose of the norther,
people to limit slaviry to the States in which it
now exists "
Many, very many of the Republican speakers
in the North took this ground boldly, and made
it the basis of appeal for votes for their candi
date.
The Senator from Massachusetts says that the
members of the House who voted for Mr Duates
bill last session were called proelavery men in
the canvass. „I never heard ■ny ouch allegation
ft is true, that in reply to the charge so constant
ly tilde by the Fremont party, that the Demo!
crate were seeking to extend slavery, we said that
the only attempt that bad ever been made to in
crease slivery by act of Congress was that of the
Republican members of the House who voted for
Mr. Duon's,bill This ve„e did say; and because
that bill proposed to maidtaiu slavery ic Kansas
up to the year 18513, and provided that children
born of slave parents in the Territory, and sold
in the meantime to a slave State, should be slaves
for life, and holding a. we did that the increase
of slavery can only be brought about by the in
crease of the number of beings in bondage, we
dad maintain that Mr Dunn's bill was virtually
to increase slavery
Mr Trumbull Will the Senator from Penn.
Sylvania allow me to interrupt him for a mo
ment?
Mr Bigler. No, sir I beg the Senator from
Illinois to excuse me, if he leases. I 6nd that
if 13 ield to further interruptions my speech will
be much longer thin I intended
Mr Trumbull I wished to torrent the Sens :
tor in regard to the bill.
Mr. Bigler. It was the practice of the Fre
moot party in the :encase; to charge the Democ
racy with PCI king to increase slavery, and we
availed ourselves of the facts I have stated in
retort So far from lookiog to the increase of
slavery by act of Congress, I know of on memos
by which such a wort could be accomplished.
except t h ' , mei the recomm. ocemeot of the %lave
trade, and on one would entertain such an idea
Bat the Republicans in the Hons., holding that
slavery has on legal existence in the Territory
of Kansa•, voted to recognise and maintain it till
185 S, and to provide that the issue of slave pa!
rent., if sold to st slave State in the meantime,
aln•uld be .laree for life, virtually attempted, ac
to 'hair nwo doetrine, to looms the
number of alavem by act of Congrosa
Many pets .o" are in the habit of c , nfounclink.
the increase of sinvory with its territArial wen
oi,bn; and aotn•• • .1 co•ed the R•putilienn
hecti , itie 010% believed that the inhibition
rwt "I.,t , C.TT as .11 Kincis, Irma telretar. t h e growth
f in-ti•u•i -o ro I a elrizrn of KtoQus
my prfoent impression., I should rote against the alb nate the f Ong. of p e ople of .ne »irti-u
kotaldt.htnen t nf slater% hitt in t his,l wnuld o f 11 o4 r Utti o n from l ot another It d••. a
• th.t T r.v no • 'king novtbine to prevent the 0.4 become them, t.. e the
okerro.e ,. f the norkkh..r .isee.,or imprnve their Deuk.fivatie p•ort% dtd no • n r thr 4 Tlo y
c , triVon Tn .eirt-r the slaves over a greater wade far ten re by fkrinieg • Ike, ntikibl. flame.
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10 t ha' Sta ; i • d to every t.rfoire I it i . tnieetssery ; to. ff. r th , in 1.. re.
mile of territory II .w, after all, then, do the \VII°, Isosi I a.k. e .r.l .i re p i t. : ••0
nr tCtiC•l 3114 direct MO.( (iDen,es iDetdCed la siDlakli u the s' u;iip !• ki,p , Itug les d. t•uti. la •
tht. app, e..,..n , r0er..y dim tutu we approsell non against 4 . 14%. ry r. g for
Clem; • to 1 how like moutoa l n. on a plait) .1 .1 they the e . i
f the 1 , "1,1;ne
I up a. we r• c e de fr - tn them! And how Statt., r for the fe f al.. 1 e
piinful the eonv ; e'i o n th.tt 'here are throe blare.! ;uie d tei • • f. , . I ! ut
amongst u.. f mud in lel& I y ...pirated eonitouni• the pl. asure of I.eqr , h. in It i. !ro e tiat
;to., ta'k ti u.ly ..f breaking up the G ;v• i when tinter. to th • w IP, t! .y sou ' d 1:1 i the
• ikt f r ...trouffi right of the St•v; •?; itne ru, an tu - ti u' of.,
• T•i , S n onr from M line, [Mr F•c
-•r01e...] I in : : and ci•••ertbine - the
pr , ju licr.J influ ne.• ~,litery upon the pNcp,i
val I,nprov,•lntut f the Sares where it exi.t.,
up II th, ,r gr •wth ortivu,ree, true
SEJ I Agrlt ., l:"V't • retu I a: f
not 1 k u n thi• pic•rion ns a (pen
11.1 n of St•it. - Tile :'at. 4 34 r~htr,•a lc Grp era
1:‘ direct Ito. rt.•t in tt, T f . rnt ,,, r i es
nit ro• rn.z th. S of Vitginia, or the
,r e f . n.v.,e n. a S'ste rs h ving 3 particle
of in.,,p•t iu th• lit, u.tr N,•w nor any oth
er frop '4!nto It n ritit•t•ti , iti with the people
of thy Sr9te,4
Now, Mr Pre-Acta, if the States in their cor
porate e .ipacty have ttii interc-t to the question
.livery in the Territories, then why does the
S narir, and th .se who act with him, insist ,bat
Op. States shall control the titration through the
representatives - of their sovereignty oo this finor?
I agree that the St Ares, as snob. -have no direct
concern, and thst the ps ople of the United States
who go to th rritt.rie- are most interreat-d ;
an I for •hat reason they shooll be allowed to
determin• whether they will have thre4nstitution
o r n ot The people who emigrate to the Terri
r ir:eit are o t oul) tite to interested, but they
are ino,t eompetent, and have the butt right to
ilec:10 The l eeple f his State and mine exer
cised that ri;lit, awl they deny it to the people
of thmic ites who may go to the Terrirorie.,?—
The 14 , tontiricy coil f ir, hut the Republicans
dens. 'hi- Tney ibis. that Congress shall
pr, to and .1 0 . (1. the question, that those who
arii n it in the T-rrit - iries must he. permitted to
e e n ti r rit the gut..ttim. The power to shape this
domestic institution in Kansas, for instance, shall
found evt ry where oi-e except iu the Territory!
The Democracy say that those who gn to Kansas
shill make its insfitutioo,; the TippubHellos say
not so, but the rnpin who do not fro to the Ter.
ritory, thrmffli their Representatives in Copia( 114
Phan deride whether slavery shall exist there or
not—that those who have no interest there, who
know nothing oof the soil and climate, shall be
the umpire.
And hero is the vital issue between the parties;
this was the issue put and decided in the last
contest for President The &Astor ban a right
to claim much consideration f/ his superior in
telligence, but I can scarcely believe that he is
willing to claim for himself and his constituents
superior judgment, patriotism, and sovereignty
over those enterprising and hardy pioneers who
h a ve gone itito that new wintry to fell the for
eat, ciltivato the soil, to develop its natural
resource•, advance the arts of peace, the ends of '
civilization, and finally, and very shortly, to,gdd
anther member to our hippy Confederacy. The
Senator concedes the right of the people of- a
State to have slavery or not. Are sot the peo
ple of a Territory just as wise as those of a State?
Why should they enjiy a lees measure of gov.
ereignty? 14 the sovereignty reserved from the
United States Goveramest to the people not as
good for a citizen of a Territory as for bias who
resides in the State? is not the political status
of the latter equal in every particular, to that of
the former. Mast certainly. Then why wee
permit the power which •11 apse : is essatimwits
GC!
is a State to operate in a Territory? Tbus it is
seas do guardianship which the SentitOlC-FOuld
apt up, an at treat, only exist dories k rra
aerial probation of a State. Su loon as the pew
plc baaano a Stat., eongressioaal sbacklee will
be severed! What I steal tbi.: that pep
pia, when a Slats, will have the right to skater
tb. local poliey as eftea as they picot, ao
power es earth eau interfere. Zhcoald
„ ,
some iota the thsioo as a free State i t t no
perfectly competent for the people skernisni to
establish slavery, sad vice versa. Thesis uses
that this absorbing and angry controversy, which
st times seems to measee the peace of the one.
try, if not the existence of the Government, is
quite limited ie its practical e ffects, if sisccut e
of decision by.popular will be s slavery mitt, as
alleged by tame, how are we to get clear of - it?
It makes the very foundation of net Oink Re
publican system; it underlies the iosritattows of
each and ell of the States; it is the very essence
of true repubileauism; it ikntittier sore Nor iese
firma self government.
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But, M. President, I deny that it is a piliey
er role to favor the extension of slavery. These
who make the allegation know better. The rant
emigration to the T, rritories from the northern
States, •ustaintsd by a constant setters/don from all
parts of the world, cannot favor the propagation
of slavery. Why, the S.-nator from 31aine has
told us what we know to be true, that the owners
of ',laves in the United Slab s ft t i not Dumber
half a million , whilst those wbu have ao slaves
count not less than twenty - five minions. flow,
then, I would ask, are the fits hundred !housed
to rival the tile — Sty five in the occoparioa
of the Territory, to say nothin4 Of emigrants
from other conntrks who come berg almost inva
riably with strong prejudices against negro sla•
very? The idea is preposterous. The accusation
has been made to subserve partisan ends, and pot
because the extension of slaviry was feared.—
For one, I think this mode of adjustment a side
wise, and jest one. It resin ets the coast iun•
al rights of the pef ple of the South, whilst it
imposes no restrictions upon the judgm,•nt sad
feeliugs of those of the bi,,rth It will a' no
ry distant day relive the country from this Jan.
gerous controversy.
I shall not charge that the R• publican Mpeak
era and Writer* did not come up to their pint.
form I allege the retelse, and the facts prove
the allegation. As to 1.,..tu1it) to slart:r), they
Dot wily come up to, but went far beyond it.—
The preen, the pulptt, sod the ro-lruna, to the to
cereals of this party to the North. rental uu.
qualified denunciations span,' no.
',tweeter found Its ir J udi. al . ff. ets upon the
growth and pr spe t ii ) ot i6c t. unit), n. is longs
- and aggr..s•tooa, itr u•urpeti , mr et,J ppiesstows;
and the hardships • ntluted ltv the p ur African,
w e re their o• ost•ur au fay rites (kernel.: At.d
it is idle for Sinstots to pretend 11sat the argu•
'bents of R• publican* w. re coriftucil to the =ere
question of the esienrh.n tf t•isvery into the
Territortep; t r that the tight , * of the institute n
where it to.w er-t, wt re •F‘• k , n of in term/. rt
fren the culdno 101, rati..n It wls
its 1111 V. n Cbr,3
tun a•tx ct; rud almost ut it rsaHy in 'such maw
u.•t as toe vols. the tm , err•t pn Jo •tees against
the States where tr Just inch mitt
tn• uts were uttPred ucr. tr , bt cal( Wart d to
but the a.lout•-init w •••1 11,..1 ' t 4 , g u. rtj:y
Ti• ict• die ~ to tray r r •
the in‘tituthm w.i, t
through the agetivy orthe IleTult!leas put,,
S !u.kt..rs tua'y qu,lify and . Ip' ...it, and I.y claim
t•. t Loire C Bud the
17(w.n —they roay .11-erri/ ,tr:t.tr, Phi
Spo n. r, ami all „ f Ut ,ChOntja
1.4 much all they please- , but man io the N“rt h
coold fail to dt.cover that a c , u•tderable rrth.o
of the oppo.i:i •o were lud to h• lieve that 3-que
thing more Wnslllbe .ICC 0 111pli•hi 1 by their 4 U'er!S
Hirt' the mitre ( f .lavery in the Terri•
torlri They confid , rttly ant wiratt cl the rt • eal
of the fugitive slave law, b , sides the rejection of
all T,rtitoritiea which asked f.r admismion tuto
the Utwin as Sates with erm•iiiutions rtilloogniz
kg slavery But statesnien of the R-plibliesn
party must necessarily shape their seatitnents by
Ills letter, if not by the spirit, oft he Consututi, u ,
Yet, sir, a very large proportion of the ew es
cast for their candidate for the Presidtney„ were
made up of two classes, viz: first, those who are
looking to the abolition of slavery everywhere,
and who h .pe to consummate this work through
the Republuan party; and this t. the chi.. to
whom the Senator from New York (.Nr Seward)
might say, "Slaver, can and will be abolished,
and you and I will do it.," and to which the
Senator from (Thio i \tr. %1 tie) w g i 1 . 1 .
aureate° of the prompt repcal of the t'inGan
fugitive slave law " The otter clans is comp .••.
ed of those who are aet oiled by motives dsyrn
pathy for the fate of the unhappy African—of
those who believe that slavery i• a grvat wrong
upon the Illtlfrt) • and that I. to Nat, seed,
his ootifiliwn better, d h ) Owlt lul tient' party
The leaders iif that pirti c Ih# uss.e/Tea leen
vigilant and per.eti ring to eriiato thaw vi ry
impre....ions; and if th-ii sill Live the candor
even now to turn ariiund, and proclaim uutnis,
takably that they ilo out bid the views elver.
rained by thii.e f • t;u:,r seek to
remedy the evils they comp!ain of, toy word for
it their ranks will very soma be tnl.erialty thin•
ned, and those of theoltra Abtilitinoists tin
!srged in a like ratio,. This dune, and they will
not carry eleven States at the nit election.
They wig cot then have all tuisguided pri milers
and fanatics upon their side, as they bad in the
recent contest.
The aggressions of slavery is a favorite theme
of the Senator from Ohio; but he has not, to my .
knowledge. Mr. Prsindent, at any timespeeifically
defined what he means by the phrase. lam not
willing to submit to any aggression from slavery,
or the slave States, or th • sistivholdicit people;
and It the S7nator will point nut ageressions ~ n
the part of either.. T may pests - 61v join him in
resistieg and repelling them. Bet IPR disei.vc:r,
as yet, Dose of their consequeneee. In what .In
these aggresiions consist? In what department
of Government are they to be rotten The re
verse of aggressions is obAjous to all. Tie
trolling power which t h e slavaStatse once p, c
sensed in all departments has pasted, RWRY, rnd•,
T thick, forever When the Constitution was
framed, sad the Union secured, the slavebolding
&atom had the control of ell the brassie/ of the
• anedwided on Apeirst. Ave
74-. 4 EL.
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B. F. SLOAN, EDITOR.
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